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Letter from Bill Fuchs to Max Bredig, December 6, 1940
- 1940-Dec-06
Bill Fuchs writes to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) from Lisbon, Portugal. He tells Max that he sent provisions to the Homburger family and that they were delivered to the Gurs internment camp by the Red Cross.
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Letter from Marianne, Paul, and Viktor Homburger to Bill Fuchs, February 7, 1941
- 1941-Feb-07
Paul (1882-1965), Viktor (1888-1968), and Marianne (1903-1986) Homburger thank Bill Fuchs for the provisions that he sent to them at the Gurs concentration camp.
- Author Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965
- Addressee Fuchs, Wilhelm Werner
- Subject Fuchs, Wilhelm Werner, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945), Nazi concentration camps
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Einstein at 75
- 1954-Mar-14
Article titled Einstein at 75, Is Still a Rebel by Gertrude Samuels and published in New York Times Magazine. The article is a retrospective of Einstein's career and his life at the time of the interview as a…
- Publisher New York times
- Author Samuels, Gertrude
- Subject Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, New York times, Physicists, Newspapers
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Prolog to the Concert of the rectors
- 1923-Jun-02
Prolog presented by Marianne Homburger (1903-1986) to the Concert of the rectors at Karlsruhe Technical University, June 1923. In December 1922 Georg Bredig (1868-1944) became the Rector at Karlsruhe.
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Invitation to the Concert of the rectors
- 1923
Invitation to the Concert of the rectors, at Karlsruhe Technical University, June 1923. In December 1922 Georg Bredig (1868-1944) became the Rector at Karlsruhe. The back of the invitation includes handwritten notes by…
- Creator Of Work Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe
- Subject Invitation cards, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Concerts
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Notes on income by Georg Bredig
- Circa 1938
Handwritten notes, written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) regarding his income for Reichsfluchtseuer (Reich Flight Tax).
The Reich Flight Tax was implemented in 1931 during the Third Reich. The laws were meant to survey…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Third Reich, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Income, Taxation
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Photograph of Jacobus van 't Hoff and Wilhelm Ostwald
- 1905
Black and white photograph of Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) and Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) in a laboratory.
Ostwald and van't Hoff are considered to be among the founding fathers of the field of physical…
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Portrait of Friedrich Kohlrausch
- Undated
Black and white portrait of Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840 -1910).
Kohlrausch was a German experimental physicist who researched electrolytes, elasticity, thermal conduction, and magnetic and electrical precision…
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Photograph of Cato Maximilian Guldberg and Peter Waag
- Circa 1891
Black and White portrait of Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836-1902) and Peter Waage (1833-1900). The two men are wearing suits and sitting at a small round table.
Waage and Guldberg were Norwegian chemists, together they…
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Portrait of Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
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Portrait of Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894).
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Portrait of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Portrait of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1902) wearing a suit and a bow tie.
Lorentz was a Dutch physicist. In 1902, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman (1865-1943) for their discovery of the…
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Portrait of Hans Heinrich Landolt
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Portrait of Hans Heinrich Landolt (1831-1910). Landolt was a Swiss chemist who discovered the iodine clock reaction. He was additionally a co-founder of the Landolt–Börnstein database.
- Artist Jütte, H. F.
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Chemists, Landolt, H. (Hans), 1831-1910
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Portrait of Ernst Mach
- Undated
Portrait of Ernst Mach (1838 -1916) an Austrian physicist and philosopher.
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Subject Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916, Portraits, Physicists, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Illustrated portrait of Ernst Cohen
- Undated
Illustrated ortrait of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), a Dutch scientist and professor, who was known for his research in the allotropy of tin. Cohen worked under Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Henri Moissan (1852-1907), and…
- Subject Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Chemists, Jewish scientists
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Christmas card featuring Henri Becqurel
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Christmas and New Years' card featuring a black and white portrait of Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908).
Becquerel was a French physicist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in radioactivity. He…
- Publisher Academic Press
- Subject Nobel Prize winners, Becquerel, Henri, 1852-1908, Physicists, Christmas, New Year
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Portrait of Jacobus van't Hoff
- Before 1898
Portrait of Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911).
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in recognition of…
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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius
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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927).
Svante Arrhenius is known as one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius was the third person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic…
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Portrait of Ernst Cohen
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Portrait of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), a Dutch scientist and professor, who was known for his research in the allotropy of tin. Cohen worked under Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Henri Moissan (1852-1907), and Jacobus van…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen (1811-1899).
Bunsen, a German chemist, developed several techniques used for separating, identifying, and measuring chemical substances and is credited with the invention of the Bunsen burner.…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Chemistry, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Portrait of Max Planck
- Undated
Portrait of Max Planck (1858-1947). Max Planck is known as the father of quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of energy quanta. Planck made significant contributions to the world…
- Subject Planck, Max, 1858-1947, Physicists
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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs
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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903). Gibbs, a Yale alumnus, was an American chemist and pioneer in the field of physical chemistry. Gibbs developed statistical mechanics and the concept of Gibbs free energy in…
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Portrait of William Ramsay
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Portrait of William Ramsay (1852-1916).
The Scottish chemist William Ramsay (1852–1916) is known for his work introducing the noble gases (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon) as a new group on the periodic…
- Printer Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Chemists, Portraits, Meisenbach Riffarth & Company
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Notebook from the lectures of Herman Mark, 1929
- 1929
Notebook belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Contents have notes from lectures by Herman Francis Mark (1895-1992). Mark was an Austrian chemist known for his contributions to polymer science, X-ray diffraction, and…
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Notes on Carl Oppenheimer's work "Die Fermente und ihre Wirkungen"
- Circa 1937
Notes by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about writings by Carl Oppenheimer (1874-1941). Oppenheimer was a German biochemist known for writing popular chemistry textbooks.
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Oppenheimer, Carl, 1874-1941, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Chemists, Textbooks, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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Notes on scrap paper written by Georg Bredig
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Notes on scrap paper written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Notes include scientific diagrams, addresses, equations, and citations for publications and books.
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Equations, Bibliographical citations
